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Flexi-work options, mental health top workplace expectations of Gen Z
"This study serves as a guide for leaders, HR professionals, and...
Remote work to wipe out $800 billion from office values: McKinsey
McKinsey’s model is offering a window on how property owners and...
UN launches new app to help beat skin cancer
“The SunSmart Global UV App provides five-day UV and weather forecasts at searchable locations”, said Carla Drysdale, spokesperson for WHO. While speaking today at a briefing at the United Nations in Geneva, Ms. Drysdale added that “it highlights time slots when sun...
Warren Buffett charity lunch fetches winning bid of $19 mln
The winning bid in the eBay auction that ended on Friday night far surpassed the previous record of $4.57 million, paid in 2019 by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, although the new winner's identity could not immediately be determined Alucky, and likely...
Japan’s ‘Famtech’ technology focussing on female employees health
Tokyo: Companies in Japan are introducing "Famtech" or "Female technology under which, attention is being paid to the health of female employees and not just to the superficial beauty. This initiative is undertaken by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in...
With current level of pollution, over 50 cr north Indians to lose 7.6 years of life: Study
As per Air Quality Life Index's (AQLI) new analysis, air pollution shortens average Indian life expectancy by five years, and in the Indo-Gangetic plains of northern India, 510 million residents, nearly 40 percent of the country's population, are on track to lose 7.6...
Gen Z, millennials and Gen X all basically agree on work from home
A recent study by consultants McKinsey & Co. found that workers aged 18 to 34 were 59% more likely to leave than 55- to 64-year-olds if their employer didn’t offer a hybrid work arrangement During the early days of the pandemic, the narrative was that...
Reducing the workweek to 32 hours
As chief executive officer of the nonprofit 4 Day Week Global, Joe O’Connor oversees six-month boot camps now helping 170 companies with 10,000 participating employees around the world to adopt more flexible work schedules He is capitalizing on a watershed moment in...
Hong Kong tops the list of World’s 20 most expensive cities for expats
Higher prices and a stronger currency over the past year kept the Asian city at the top of the tree, according to ECA International, which carried out its research in March this year. London and Tokyo round out the top five Hong Kong is the world’s most expensive city...
Menopause discrimination cases are on a rise in UK Employment Courts
Employment tribunals involving menopause increased by 44% in 2021, with 23 cases referencing it compared to 16 the previous year, according to analysis of court data by Menopause Experts Group, a group that provides menopausal education services and information to...
World Environment Day: New solutions to cut pollution
Akshit Bansal, CEO of Statiq, noted, "In 2019, India led the global score in pollution-led deaths with 2.4 million people dying due to outdoor air pollution; hence it's a key environmental issue for the nation. In this scenario, electric vehicles (EV) causing...
71% Indians not able to afford healthy diet: CSE Report
The diet of an average Indian lacks in fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains. A healthy diet is considered unaffordable when its cost exceeds 63 percent of a person's income, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation Seventy-one per cent Indians...